About Maz
MAZ GHANI
Based in the bucolic central California coast, I am inspired by all things botanical and focus on floral and nature photography, frequently experimenting with new techniques to create my tableaux. I search for unusual perspectives and enjoy both black and white and color photography. "A fleeting moment captured for eternity."
STOCKISTS
Global
California
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden gift shop, San Luis Obispo, CA
The Natural Toolbox - The Little Shop of Locals, Pismo Beach Premium Outlets, Pismo Beach, CA
Rhonda's Relics, Arroyo Grande, CA
Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA
Singapore
The Artling
EXHIBITIONS
2023
2/1 - 3/31/2024 San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center "Passion" Juried Exhibition, Encino, CA
11/17 - 12/2/2023 SLO Botanical Garden "Nature Nights" Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA
10/14 - 10/22/2023 Open Studio Art Tour, Arroyo Grande, CA
10/6 - 10/8/2023 SLO Botanical Garden "Art in the Garden" Juried Exhibition San Luis Obispo, CA
7/1 - 9/28/2023 Solo exhibit, Ameriprise, Santa Maria, CA
5/1 - 6/30/2023 Visual Art Exhibit, Clark Center for the Performing Arts, Arroyo Grande, CA
4/6/2023 - ongoing Cannabis-inspired Art Exhibition, Urbn Leaf, Grover Beach, CA
3/24 - 3/26/2023 SLO Botanical Garden "Art in the Garden" Juried Exhibition San Luis Obispo, CA
1/5 - 1/28/2023 Las Lagunas Art Gallery "Botanical 2023" Juried Online Exhibition, "Zinnia", Laguna Beach, CA
1/1 - 3/18/2023 SLO Botanical Garden "Nature Nights" Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA
2022
12/1 - 12/31/2022 SLO Botanical Garden "Nature Nights" Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA
11/4/2022 - 1/2/2023 San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) "Nature of Acquaintance" featuring Hibiscus x Petunia series, San Luis Obispo, CA
11/4 - 11/6/2022 SLO Botanical Garden "Art in the Garden" Juried Exhibition San Luis Obispo, CA
9/9/2022 Art, Wine and Brew Tour Atascadero, CA
5/6 - 6/6/2022 Art and About "Flower Power" San Luis Obispo, CA
5/5 - 5/28/2022 Las Lagunas Art Gallery "Best of the Best" Juried Online Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
3/25 - 3/27/2022 SLO Botanical Gardens "Art in the Garden" Juried Exhibition San Luis Obispo, CA
2021
7/3 - 7/30/2021 Proud+ 2021 Juried Exhibition "Pride" The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
1/22 - 5/3/2021 iMotif Juried Exhibition "Dark Side of the Sun" series Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA
2020
7/2020 Contemporary Online Art Gallery 2020 All Botanical Photography/Digital Art Exhibition
Permanent Berkshire Medical Center, Hillcrest Campus Cancer Center, Pittsfield, MA 15 select prints
COLLABORATIONS
2/2023 Maz Ghani x Florencia Breda Cioccolateria, San Luis Obispo, CA
PRINT/ONLINE MENTIONS
5/15/2023 "The Discerning Eye" Podcast, Rx for Success, Episode 154
4/2023 "Wandering Down the Garden Path: From Radiology to Botanical Photography." Physician's Outlook Magazine, Volume 15
8/2022 "Your Best Shot," Travel and Leisure Magazine, p. 180
5/2021 "Art from the Garden," Berkshire Magazine, pp. 42-45
1/2021 Five photos published in Black and White Magazine (bandwmag.com)
AWARDS/HONORABLE MENTIONS
2/2020 Berkshire Magazine (Wild Places contest)
12/2019 Downtown Pittsfield Photography Contest
Honorable Mention - "Falling for Freedom"
12/2019 Contemporary Online Art Gallery (All Planet Earth competition)
Best in Show - "Standing Tall"
12/2019 Motif Collective (Symmetry contest)
Honorable Mention - "Shoe Heaven"
Bio
Maz Ghani was born in 1969 and moved to the US in 1995 after living in Australia and Canada. A Radiologist by training, Maz gained an interest in botanical photography several years ago while exploring his wife’s colorful gardens. He uses a combination of photography and scanography to compose the botanical layouts and is inspired by nature’s diversity. His works have been published in Travel and Leisure Magazine, Black and White Magazine along with an article “Art from the Garden” in Berkshire Magazine. His photos have been included in the SLO Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Proud+ 2021 Juried Exhibition, the iMotif Juried Exhibition and the Contemporary Online Art Gallery.
Art Gallery. © 2023 by Maz Ghani